YOUNG motorbiking star Harry Stafford has recieved a huge boost after being told he would be keeping his place in the Red Bull Rookies tour that shadows the Moto GP circuit.

The 15-year-old from Shepshed rounded the season off with a 15th and 17th placed finish at Brno in the Czech Republic and came 24th out of 27th in the overall championship.

But after struggling at the start, mechanics on the tour have praised Harry as a ‘special talent’ and he will participate in the prestigious tour again next season.

“He’s not one to jump around and the like but he’s quietly delighted,” Harry’s father Roy said. “I don’t think we could ask anymore from him at the minute.

“The Red Bull Rookies was a massive step up and it soon became apparent that this was virtually a world junior championship.

“But all the mechanics wanted to see was Harry adapt and learn from the experiences as he goes a long and he has definitely done that.”

After a break Harry will continue his physical training and has pencilled in track sessions at Jerez in Spain and Estoril in Portugal.

To aid his development even more however Roy is appealing for help from the Loughborough public to try and give Harry more track time in the UK with the majority of the family's resources going on the Rookies series.

“The lack of track time was a major problem last year,” Roy admitted. “So we would like to hear from anybody who could help us with that.

“We are not looking for fantastic amounts of money. Just anyone who can help us in any little way they can.”